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Equitas recently entered into partnership with the City of Victoriaville to implement Play It Fair! in the city’s summer program. Throughout the summer, dozens of camp counselors will use activities from the Play it fair! toolkit with the over 1,000 children aged 6 to 12 who participate in the city’s summer program. Together, they will […]

Congratulations to GCC La Violence’ team, a partner organisation working in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, who implemented an artistic project with youth from Chomedey de Maisonneuve High School in Montreal. GCC La Violence recently received a $ 500 bursary from the Speaking Rights program to conceive and implement a youth engagement project. They choose art as a mean […]

  Play it Fair! Day 2012 Suggested date: around August 12, International Youth Day Age: 6-12 years old Time: variable (you can pick and choose the type and length of activities) Group size: variable (you can combine several groups or even camps) Location: at your camp or at a nearby park Values: cooperation, respect, respect […]

New activities and indices are available right on time for the 2012 summer camp season! These new sections include 6 fun activities, 3 updated indices that include the new activities and a new index of activities by time. All of these additions are available for download and can be added to last year’s toolkit to […]

33rd  International Human Rights Training Program, Montreal, Canada, June 2 to June 22 June , 2012  Information for participants Please follow the links below to find the preliminary schedule of the program, a description of the special activities, as well as logistical information about your participation in the IHRTP.    IHRTP schedule What to pack Information […]

Nineteen human rights and community educators from Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt and Morocco took part in a five-day training on the use of Equitas’ new toolkit Let’s Act Together for Change in Broumana, Lebanon from May 8 – 12, 2012 The toolkit is an integral component  of Equitas’ program in the Middle East, Citizenship Education in the […]

On Saturday April 21, 2012, Equitas’ Jean-Sébastien Vallée and Élise Voyer facilitated workshops on the Speaking Rights toolkit with over 50 Tel-Jeunes youth aged between 12 and 17 during their provincial conference. Coming from all over the province of Quebec, these youths are working  in their schools to help their peers and contribute to developing healthy and responsible skills […]